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Show Wednesday, December 31, 2008 A9 The year in review revealed through interesting photos m Vs 1 .4 rr ! r fc .- i ft fei. i - - V V 1 - 3 r "3S '!;v 'V. '-il P1 - Wi 4 I ..-.'- 3 Vernal Express January 16 Community mourns passing of two civic leaders Fire trucks lead the funeral procession for Dale Bowden into Vernal Memorial Park Friday. Two officials in Uintah County passed away in the past two weeks. For Bowden, Vernal firefighter and Naples City Council member, see A3. For former Vernal City Council member and Uintah County Commissioner Jim Abegglen. May 28 Uintah High Graduates 230 Friday's commencement exercises at Uintah High School culminate with graduates throwing their caps in their air as a stadium packed with parents, faculty, family and friends look on. Three students, Derek Bunderson, Marleah Jacobson and Korbin King had a 4.0 grade point average since ninth grade and were honored by receiving re-ceiving their diplomas first and reading the names of their fellow graduates. The high school PTO sponsored an all-night party for graduates at the high school Friday night. f -ft:-- .' September 3 Hospital administrator Si Hutt speaks at the ribbon cutting for the new 22,000-square foot expansion at Ashley Regional Medical Center. He thanks the patients as well as the staff and physicians for putting up with the construction for the past eight months. 1 .y.. February 27 Farm Creek elk move to lower ground for survival A herd of elk pause at the base of burned over hill to feed on hay left for horses in a pasture. The deep winter snows in the high country have taken a toll on these animals. Usually by late February elk can find forage by digging through the snow but these animals are in the area of last year's North Neola Fire. Even if they do scrape away the packed snow there's only fire-blackened dirt beneath. Many elk and deer have been forced into the lower country, raising the ire of local ranchers. Worse still, depredation hunts created to thin their numbers have had more than anticipated success. Seed herds like the one seen here consist primarily of young animals. Of the 30 or so elk in this herd most are yearlings, long-yearlings and two-year-olds without one mature cow or bull among the group. Even though they all show signs of malnutrition, it appears these elk will survive to re-establish numbers in the coming years. x if- x El .1 M ' -V- 41- It n i' i.. . Si. - fll , ' - -. - 5 n June 18 2500 West completion nears It has been a long time coming for residents using 2500 West in Vernal. From U.S. Highway 40 and 500 North at the Maeser's Corner, crews have completely replaced the road and utility companies com-panies have replaced various other services along the corridor. The tentative schedule is to have the excavation completed by June 18, the gravel placement completed by June 22 and the paving completed between June 23 and July 3. The roadway will include access for two lanes of traffic with a bike trail on one side. v- Iff- v. - Hi October 15 Oversize trucks wind their way down the Duck Rock Dugway carrying car-rying huge 106-foot precast concrete beams that will be used to build a bridge across Evacuation Creek south of Vernal. r March 19 Even massive road graders are getting stuck in what seems to be an endless supply of mud caused by this year's plentiful snowfall and warming temperatures. April 2 Fire crews responded to help contain a field fire that got out of control with the help of afternoon valley winds. No structures were at risk, but a few horses were removed from the fields they were grazing. 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That might be difficult as wife, Barbara, says she has a "list of honey-do projects for Dave that begin with redoing the kitchen and landscaping the front." Haslem says he'll be looking for work, maybe after the list is done. |